Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bent County, Colorado, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bent County is held at the county jail, run by the Bent County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Bent County public records, Bent County arrest records, Bent County warrants, Bent County criminal records, Bent County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bent County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bent County is held at the county jail, run by the Bent County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bent County Sheriff's Office at bentsheriff.gov (page title: HOME -), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Bent County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 57 people, up from about 44 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 94 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bent County has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 99 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bent County Jail
The Bent County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Bent County.
The Bent County Sheriff's Office reported 178 arrests to the FBI for 2025. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bent County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Bent County serves the sentence in a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bent County?
Ask the Bent County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bentsheriff.gov.
How many people are in the Bent County jail?
About 57 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 94 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bent County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Bent County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.